boston.com reports
A group of Scituate neighbors has won a big victory in a long-running
legal battle, after a judge prohibited any rifle or pistol shooting at
the Scituate Rod & Gun Club.
The club has been in litigation with neighbors over the rifle and
pistol ranges since early 2009, when stray bullets allegedly were found
on nearby propeties.
In a decision issued earlier this month, Superior Court Judge
Charles J. Healy permanently barred any person from firing a rifle or
pistol on the club premises until certain safety modification can be
made.
In addition, damages ranging from $1,000 to $6,000 were awarded to several neighbors.
Archery, skeet shooting, and other activities are still allowed at the club.
‘‘It’s a win; there’s no doubt about that,’’ said Dan Dwyer, an
attorney at Murphy & King who is representing the neighbors. ‘‘The
lawsuit was about safety, and they got a permanent injunction.’’
Why is it so difficult? Shouldn't this be the first thing that happens after stray bullets leave the area?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Here's how this typically goes down:
ReplyDeleteGun club exists peacefully for a hundred years. Property developer buys surrounding land and sells to gullible people. The smug, meddling, liberal neighbors try to get the club shut down, but find out there's a MA state law exempting gun clubs from noise regulations (the law was passed with this very situation in mind).
Then the neighbors go the "safety" route. They have someone plant intact, fired bullets on their property and call the cops. There's no way to prove they weren't fired from the club, so the club either closes under the crushing burden of legal action, or temporarily shuts down until an NRA consultant redesigns the range and a heavy construction contractor rebuilds it. This takes years.
Smug, meddling liberal harassment. That's all this story is.
This makes gun grabbers sound like kudzu--invasive, useless, and hard to eradicate. Yup, that's accurate.
DeleteYeah, it's all a big conspiracy to harm you poor innocent gun owners.
DeleteYou got it Mikey!
DeleteThis is all too typical. I always hear from neighbors caterwauling and belly-aching about noise (gunfire and Tannerite and machine guns, oh my!) Let us go tell the King! When the noise foil doesn't work, there is the whole, "bullets are landing in sally's sandbox) I've heard this a dozen times, yet nobody has ever produced a projectile for me...
ReplyDeleteYes! we shoot full autos, Yes! We shoot 50 BMG's, Yes! we shoot Tannerite...Don't like it? I recommend time medication and counseling.
Annonymous hits the nail right on the head...Clubs with ranges and a favorite target for pablum-puking, prun-picking liberals.
If no bullets are ever produced, I don't think you'd have anything to worry about. But in this case you do. Must be the conspiracy again.
Delete"In a decision issued earlier this month, Superior Court Judge Charles J. Healy permanently barred any person from firing a rifle or pistol on the club premises until certain safety modification can be made."
ReplyDeleteThis part of the ruling seems to have been overlooked by the whining gunzloonz. Until.Certain.Safety.Modifications.Can.Be.Made.
Pay attention, read for comprehension.
"Here's how this typically goes down:
Gun club exists peacefully for a hundred years. Property developer buys surrounding land and sells to gullible people. The smug, meddling, liberal neighbors try to get the club shut down..."
Yes, certainly, because EVERYONE who is against having a gun range in their yard is LIBERAL. This bit of nonsense is offered as truth by the same people who love it when someone sez, "I'm a liberal but I LOVEZ my gunz!".
And of course the gun club existed peacefull from it's inception when there were no fucking houses in the area--THAT fact, moronz, is why they built in WHERE it was built.
This link: http://www.scituaterg.com/
sez the R&G is 83 yo and doubled it's size by land acquisition in 1994*. Apparently the same gunzloonz who are all about freedom of the marketplace (and, yes, you KNOW that's true) are upset when some uppity developer buys land that was for sale to anyone who was willing to fucking PAY for it.
Your "arguments" are woefully unconvincing.
"This makes gun grabbers sound like kudzu--invasive, useless, and hard to eradicate. Yup, that's accurate."
"hard to eradicate.". What are your plans, Greg Camp, extra judicial "termination with extreme prejudice." with your handcannonz so rightfully carried in your cross-draw rig? I can't speak for mikeb302000 but I know when I read stuff like that, why, I'm trembling in my slippers. Oh, no, I'm sorry, I was just laughing my ass off.
* It is obvious that in 1994 the lethality of bullets which left the confines of the club was not a factor. It was unforeseen that a bullet could actually travel further than the borders of the clubs property.
I wrote:
Delete"or temporarily shuts down until an NRA consultant redesigns the range and a heavy construction contractor rebuilds it. This takes years. "
demokkkommie responds:
"This part of the ruling seems to have been overlooked by the whining gunzloonz. Until.Certain.Safety.Modifications.Can.Be.Made. Pay attention, read for comprehension"
So, demokkkommie, I think you're the one who has the reading comprehension (and possibly mental health/substance abuse) problem.